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Diversity breeds tolerance

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A gene has been identified that underpins the capacity of mycobacterial cells to divide to produce physiologically different daughter cells. This finding has implications for drug treatment of tuberculosis. See Letter p.153

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Figure 1: Heterogeneity in bacterial-cell populations.

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Russell, D. Diversity breeds tolerance. Nature 546, 44–45 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/546044a

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